Riverhead
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| Riverhead | |
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 Location in Suffolk County (New York)
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| Foundation : | 1792 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | new York |
| County : | Suffolk County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 1 ′ N , 72 ° 44 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 33,506 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 191.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 521.3 km 2 (approx. 201 mi 2 ) of which 174.6 km 2 (approx. 67 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 4 m |
| Postal code : | 11901 |
| Area code : | +1 631 |
| FIPS : | 36-61973 |
| GNIS ID : | 979425 |
| Website : | www.riverheadli.com |
Riverhead is a city on Long Island in Suffolk County and its administrative seat in the American state of New York . It is located on the north coast of Long Island and had a population of 33,506 in 2010.
The city was founded in 1792. The first schoolhouse was built in 1822 and is now a museum elsewhere. In 1901 the city had about 2500 inhabitants. In addition to the actual town center, the districts Aquebogue , Baiting Hollow , Calverton , Jamesport , Northville and Wading River also belong to Riverhead.
Riverhead has a train station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) to Greenport , which provides a rail link to New York City . A museum in the city also provides information about the LIRR.
Former wrestler Kerry McCoy was born in Riverhead in 1974.
